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All's Well that Ends Wellby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262064 (1-85326-206-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All's Well that Ends Well'Book summary:The Cambridge School Shakespeare Series approaches the plays in a new way, by encouraging students to actively examine them, working in groups as well as individually, and to treat them as scripts to be re-created, with theatrical and dramatic qualities to explore. [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L. M. MontgomeryISBN 1853261394 (1-85326-139-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Around the Housesby Amanda BoulterISBN 1852426977 (1-85242-697-7)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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As You Like Itby William ShakespeareISBN 1853260592 (1-85326-059-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As You Like It'Book summary:Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd. Its highly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men, a resourceful heroine in disguise, sexual ambiguity, melancholy philosophising and finally a multiplicity of marriages. The ironic medley of pastoral artifice, romantic ardour and quizzical reflection has helped to make As You Like It perennially popular in the theatre. [via]
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Bluff Your Way in ChessISBN 185304654X (1-85304-654-X)
Softcover, Ravette Pub Ltd
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Bluff Your Way in Economicsby Stuart TrowISBN 1853045810 (1-85304-581-0)
Softcover, Ravette Pub Ltd
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Bluff Your Way in Modern Artby Marina Dana RodnaISBN 1853042404 (1-85304-240-4)
Softcover, Ravette Pub Ltd
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Bluff Your Way in PoetryISBN 1853041009 (1-85304-100-9)
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Bluff Your Way in Seductionby Yves ChebranISBN 1853041580 (1-85304-158-0)
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Bluff Your Way on the Flight Deckby Ken BeereISBN 1853043737 (1-85304-373-7)
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Bluffer's Guide to BluffingISBN 1853041254 (1-85304-125-4)
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The Bluffer's Guide To Menby Antony MasonISBN 1853049549 (1-85304-954-9)
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Castle Rackrent and the Absenteeby Maria EdgeworthISBN 185326220X (1-85326-220-X)
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The Church-English Dictionary: The Alpha to Omega of Churchspeakby Martin Wroe, Adrian Reith, Simon ParkeISBN 1854241583 (1-85424-158-3)
Hardcover, Minstrel
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The Comedy of Errorsby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262439 (1-85326-243-9)
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The Complete Book of Fartingby Alec BromcieISBN 185479440X (1-85479-440-X)
Softcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1851526307 (1-85152-630-7)
Hardcover, Chancellor Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:Famous for his horror stories and brooding poetry, Poe is often considered to be the inventor of the modern detective story, as well. Now, this one marvelously illustrated and popularly priced volume makes it possible to appreciate the full genius of this master of the mysterious and brilliant literary talent. Images, reproduced from a variety of sources (including Aubrey Beardsley, Edouard Manet, and Arthur Rackham) enhance the mood of such favorites as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Purloined Letter, A Descent into the Maelström and The Masque of the Red Death. In addition to those "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"--70 chronicles of terror and fantasy that established Poe as the supreme craftsman of the short story--there is The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe's only full-length work and a masterful blending of science and romance. Finally, a section devoted to "The Raven and Other Poems" reflects Poe's obsession with the macabre.[via]More editions of The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe:
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond Rostand, Anthony BurgessISBN 1854591177 (1-85459-117-7)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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Death of an Old Goatby Robert BarnardISBN 1853894311 (1-85389-431-1)
Softcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Eureekaaargh!: A Spectacular Collection of Inventions That Nearly Workedby Adam Hart-DavisISBN 1854794841 (1-85479-484-1)
Hardcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MacKay, Norman StoneISBN 1853263494 (1-85326-349-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds'Book summary:Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0. [via]
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Fair City: A Thousand Years of Dublinby Sean McMahonISBN 1853710067 (1-85371-006-7)
Hardcover, Poolbeg
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Father Brownby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1853260037 (1-85326-003-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Father Brown'Book summary:Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner. [via]
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Fathers' Wit: Humorous Quotes By (And About) Him Indoorsby Rosemarie JarskiISBN 1853755710 (1-85375-571-0)
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The Golden Assby ApuleiusISBN 1853264601 (1-85326-460-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable price. [via]
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Hamletby William ShakespeareISBN 1853260096 (1-85326-009-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 1853262323 (1-85326-232-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster Illustrated by F. Walker and Maurice Greiffenhagen Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. However human joy is not excluded thanks to 'Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding' circus, a gin-soaked and hilarious troupe of open-hearted and affectionate people who act as an antidote to all the drudgery and misery endured by the ordinary citizens of Coketown. [via]
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Headlong Hall Nightmare Abbeyby Thomas L. PeacockISBN 1853262781 (1-85326-278-1)
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How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the Fa Cupby J. L. CarrISBN 1853753637 (1-85375-363-7)
Hardcover, Prion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the Fa Cup'Book summary:This classic humour novel chronicles the momentous journey of Steeple Sinderby (an unremarkable Fenland village) from the mire of obscurity to national heroics. This unbelievable feat is contrived by the serendipitous meeting of three great men: Mr Fangfoss (who cares nothing for football), Dr Kossuth - a Hungarian academic and headmaster of the village school, and the Wanderers captain Alex Slingsby, a mighty warrior biding his time in quiet Sinderby for the chance to rise once more. The story takes an affectionate look at small-minded Middle England, and the glories of God's own game while taking in love and death, bigotry, bigamy and good old-fashioned English snobbery. [via]
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How to Be Perfect: A Treasury of Tips from the Vicarage Goddessby Catherine FoxISBN 1854246364 (1-85424-636-4)
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How to Travel Incognitoby Ludwig BemelmansISBN 1853755214 (1-85375-521-4)
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An Ideal Husbandby Oscar Wilde, Laurie WolfISBN 1854594605 (1-85459-460-5)
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Incidencesby Daniil Kharms, Neil CornwellISBN 1852423064 (1-85242-306-4)
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Incidencesby Not Available, Neil Cornwell, Simon McBurneyISBN 185242480X (1-85242-480-X)
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Instructions For American Servicemen In Britain, 1942: Reproduced From The Original Typescript, War Department, Washington, Dcby The Bodleian LibraryISBN 1851240853 (1-85124-085-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 185326119X (1-85326-119-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle. The Second Jungle Book contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running, which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera, Baloo and his other friends for the world of man. [via]
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Lady Addle Remembers: Being the Memoirs of Addle of Eiggby Mary DunnISBN 1850891281 (1-85089-128-1)
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The Little Princeby Irene Testot-Ferry, A. ExuperyISBN 1853261580 (1-85326-158-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Prince'Book summary:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:
I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.
The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan-style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Little Prince:
Lovers' Witby Des MacHaleISBN 1853755613 (1-85375-561-3)
Hardcover, Prion Books
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Martin Chuzzlewitby Charles DickensISBN 1853262056 (1-85326-205-6)
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May Week Was in June: Unreliable Memoirs Continuedby Clive JamesISBN 1850895511 (1-85089-551-1)
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The Metamorphosesby OvidISBN 1853267902 (1-85326-790-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses'Book summary:Ovid's Metamorphoses, completed around AD8, shows the presence and prevalence of change in the world. Beginning with chaos and creation, Ovid embraces a vast array of mythological tales within his theme of transformation. Phaeton, Narcissus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus are only a few of the most famous. Passing through these to the serio-comic retellings of the Trojan War, the travels of Aeneas, and the events of Roman history down to Ovid's own times, his readers find infinite variety in a work that is, by turns, funny, pathetic and violent - always unpredictable and always engrossing. John Dryden's translations are featured in this collaborative Metamorphoses, first issued in 1717, to which eighteen translators contributed under the editorship of Sir Samuel Garth. Composed in a poetic idiom well suited to the satiric and mock-heroic aspects of this work, this is the only translation that can match Ovid's wit and stylistic sophistication. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 1853260304 (1-85326-030-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Misanthrope: Ou L'atrabilaire Amoureuxby Moliere, Stephen MulrineISBN 1854597876 (1-85459-787-6)
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More Pricks Than Kicksby Samuel BeckettISBN 1852900156 (1-85290-015-6)
Hardcover, Isis Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More Pricks Than Kicks'Book summary:Samuel Beckett, the recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the greatest writers of our century, first published these ten short stories in 1934; they originally formed part of an unfinished novel. They trace the career of the first of Becketts antiheroes, Belacqua Shuah.[via]
Belacqua is a student, a philanderer, and a failure, and Beckett portrays the various aspects of his troubled existence: he studies Dante, attempts an ill-fated courtship, witnesses grotesque incidents in the streets of Dublin, attends vapid parties, endures his marriage, and meets his accidental death. These early stories point to the qualities of precision, restraint, satire, and poetry found in Becketts mature works, and reveal the beginning stages of Becketts underlying theme of bewilderment in the face of suffering.More editions of More Pricks Than Kicks:
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tourby Robert Smith SurteesISBN 1853262757 (1-85326-275-7)
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Murder on Locationby Howard EngelISBN 1850574510 (1-85057-451-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Murphyby Spike MilliganISBN 1852278692 (1-85227-869-2)
Hardcover, Virgin Pub
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The Napoleon of Notting Hillby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1853262803 (1-85326-280-3)
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The Old Curiosity Shopby Charles DickensISBN 1853262447 (1-85326-244-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Curiosity Shop'Book summary:The sound of Little Nell clattering hurriedly over cobblestones immediately sets the stage by bringing to mind the narrow and dangerous streets of Victorian London. No fewer than 20 performers are called upon to conjure up the Dickensian world of wanderers, ne'er-do-wells, con artists, and kind Samaritans--and each performance is excellent. Tom Courtenay plays the sadistic Quilp, "the ugliest dwarf that could be seen anywhere for a penny" with magnificent sarcastic glee, and Teresa Gallagher's silvery, childlike voice is ideally suited for the role of the angelic Little Nell.
Nell is on her way home to the dusty shop where she and her grandfather live a rather mysterious life. The old man disappears every night--visiting gambling dens with the naive hope of winning a fortune. Instead he sinks deeper and deeper into debt. Enter Daniel Quilp, moneylender, who becomes furious upon learning that the grandfather is a pauper and will never be able to repay his tremendous debt. Quilp seizes the curiosity shop and begins making lecherous overtures to Nell, so she and her grandfather steal away one morning to seek their fortunes elsewhere. But the demonic dwarf is never far behind.
Sound effects are employed judiciously and serve mainly as a springboard for the listener's imagination. The sound of a crying baby is enough to convey the image of crowded lodgings and genteel Victorian poverty, while raucous laughter and high-pitched squawks evoke the barely controlled chaos of an outdoor Punch and Judy show. The dramatization pares Dickens's weighty novel down to two and one-half hours, but does so skillfully, retaining Dickens's wit, marvelous dialogue, and delightful characterizations. (Running time: 155 minutes, 2 cassettes) --Elizabeth Laskey [via]
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853262390 (1-85326-239-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orlando: A Biography'Book summary:Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen and traces his experience with first love as England under James I lies locked in the embrace of the Great Frost. At the midpoint of the novel, Orlando, now an ambassador in Costantinople, awakes to find that he is a woman, and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. As the novel ends in 1928, a year consonant with full suffrage for women. Orlando, now a wife and mother, stands poised at the brink of a future that holds new hope and promise for women. [via]
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Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardensby J. M. BarrieISBN 1853261203 (1-85326-120-3)
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Peter Pan and Wendyby J. M. Barrie, Michael ForemanISBN 185145179X (1-85145-179-X)
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The Phoenix and the Carpetby E. NesbitISBN 1853261556 (1-85326-155-6)
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The Plays of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 185326184X (1-85326-184-X)
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Praise of Follyby Desiderius ErasmusISBN 1853267929 (1-85326-792-9)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Editionby Muriel SparkISBN 185089051X (1-85089-051-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Quotable Vicesby Carole McKenzieISBN 1851586369 (1-85158-636-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Quotations Of Oscar Wilde: The Drawings Of Simon Drewby Oscar Wilde, Antique Collectors Club, Simon DrewISBN 1851494774 (1-85149-477-4)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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Revenger's Tragedyby TourneurISBN 1854593307 (1-85459-330-7)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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Ronald Searle's Golden Oldies, 1941-1961by Ronald SearleISBN 1851451021 (1-85145-102-1)
Hardcover, Pavilion
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Rostand: Cyrano De Bergeracby C.G. WoodenISBN 1853993727 (1-85399-372-7)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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The Savoy Operasby Publishers Group West StaffISBN 1853263133 (1-85326-313-3)
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Scenes from Vicarage Life: Or the Joy of Sexagesimaby Catherine Fox, Bridget GillespieISBN 1854245481 (1-85424-548-1)
Softcover, Lion Hudson plc
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Scornflakesby Attila the Stockbroker, WombleISBN 1852242310 (1-85224-231-0)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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The Second Virago Book of Fairy Talesby Angela CarterISBN 1853814911 (1-85381-491-1)
Hardcover, Virago Press
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The Shakespeare Revueby Malcolm McKee, Christopher LuscombeISBN 1854592521 (1-85459-252-1)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Shall I Compare Thee?: A Witty Collection of Quotable Similesby Rosemarie JarskiISBN 1853752894 (1-85375-289-4)
Softcover, Key Porter Books
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She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver GoldsmithISBN 1854594419 (1-85459-441-9)
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Spike Milligan: A Celebrationby Roger Sawyer, Spike MilliganISBN 1852275618 (1-85227-561-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Spot the Authorby Simon DrewISBN 1851494537 (1-85149-453-7)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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Squire Haggard's Journalby Michael GreenISBN 1853753998 (1-85375-399-8)
Hardcover, Prion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Squire Haggard's Journal'Book summary:A bawdy parody of a late 18th-century gentleman's diary. Amos Haggard is a gargantuan, warty toad of a character. Along with Roderick, his idiot sidekick son, he carouses with prostitutes, imbibes copious amounts of wine, evicts the poor and fires his pistols at poachers, dissenters and foreigners. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nightsby C. Lang, Andrew LangISBN 1853261149 (1-85326-114-9)
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Things a Woman Should Know About Styleby Karen HomerISBN 1853755192 (1-85375-519-2)
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To Dad: (You Poor Old Wreck) A Giftbook Written by Children for Fathers Everywhereby Helen Exley, Richard ExleyISBN 1850158452 (1-85015-845-2)
Hardcover, Exley Giftbooks
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A Touch of Danielby Peter Tinniswood, David NobbsISBN 1853754633 (1-85375-463-3)
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The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262986 (1-85326-298-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'Book summary:Professor Schlueter approaches this early Shakespearean comedy as a parody of two types of Renaissance educational fiction: the love-quest story and the test-of-friendship story, which by their combination show the pitfalls of high-flown human ideals. A thoroughly researched, illustrated stage history reveals changing conceptions of the play, which has tempted many nineteenth- and twentieth-century directors and actors, who often fail, nevertheless, to come to terms with the play's subversive impetus. [via]
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The Ultimate Insultby Maria LeachISBN 1854792881 (1-85479-288-1)
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The Unrest-Cure and Other Beastly Talesby Saki, Will SelfISBN 185375370X (1-85375-370-X)
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The Unspeakable Skiptonby Pamela Hansford JohnsonISBN 1853754714 (1-85375-471-4)
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Ustinov: Still at Largeby Peter UstinovISBN 1854791346 (1-85479-134-6)
Hardcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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Valmouth and Other Storiesby Ronald FirbankISBN 1853262951 (1-85326-295-1)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 1853260193 (1-85326-019-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanity Fair'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull Thackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisitive greed and soulless materialism, in which the narrator himself plays a brilliantly versatile role as a serio-comic observer. Although subtitled 'A Novel without a Hero', Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives: through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. [via]
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The Virago Book of Fairy Talesby Angela CarterISBN 1853812056 (1-85381-205-6)
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Volponeby Ben JonsonISBN 1854591940 (1-85459-194-0)
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The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde Centenary Editionby Oscar Wilde, Maria LeachISBN 1854795422 (1-85479-542-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde Centenary Edition'Book summary:As a wit, Wilde lived by his own maxim: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." A century after he left that world, he is not only still talked about, but widely quoted. This tribute marks the centenary of his death. [via]
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The Wicked Wit of William Shakespeareby Dominisque EnrightISBN 1854794086 (1-85479-408-6)
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameISBN 1853260177 (1-85326-017-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:Inspired by correspondence from Wind in the Willow's author Kenneth Grahame to his young son, award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman took up paint and brush to follow Mole, Ratty, Mr. Badger, and Toad through another edition of this well-loved kids classic.
Grahame's time-honored story, an adventure-filled idyll that meanders across a lovingly described English countryside, cemented its status as a masterpiece generations ago. But this newest edition adds some noteworthy extras: the unabridged text includes two chapters that don't appear in some modern versions ("The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" and "Wayfarers All"), and the book closes with reproductions of two of Grahame's actual letters to his son Alistair ("My darling Mouse") in 1907, written on ornate, old-timey stationery from two Cornwall hotels and recounting one of Toad's first adventures (which Toad fans will recognize as the train-assisted escape of a certain "washerwoman").
These inclusions alone might merit a new edition, but Foreman's illustrations stand shoulder to shoulder with those of previous Winds artists (among them Ernest Shepard, the original illustrator, and Arthur Rackham, both of whom Foreman modestly stands "in awe" of). The lively, full-color illustrations appear generously throughout the book, as they convincingly capture both the story's small moments (like the washerwoman's weeping, for one) and more explosive events (like the storming of Toad Hall). (All ages) --Paul Hughes [via]
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The Works of Edgar Allen Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1853264326 (1-85326-432-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Edgar Allen Poe'Book summary:He revolutionized the horror tale, giving it psychological insight and a consistent tone and atmosphere; he invented the modern detective story; he wrote some of the world's best-known lyric poetry and a major novella of the fantastic; he impressed such writers as Baudelaire, Mallarme and Borges. If it's been a while since you read any Edgar A. Poe (he never used "Allan"), you've probably forgotten how terrific he is. And some of his best work is in his lesser-known stories, such as "The Imp of the Perverse" and "A Descent into the Maelstrom." In short, what are you waiting for? [via]
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Wycliffe and the Windsor Blueby W. J. BurleyISBN 1850574073 (1-85057-407-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Xenophobe's Guide to Americansby Stephanie FaulISBN 1853047805 (1-85304-780-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Xenophobe's Guide to Americans'Book summary:"Xenophobia--an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable."
"Xenophobe's Guides--an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia."
The Xenophobe's motto is "Forewarned is forearmed," and this guide series gives travelers to foreign lands as much ammunition as possible. In The Xenophobe's Guide to the Americans, Stephanie Faul (herself an American) takes readers on a perceptive, ironic, frequently hilarious tour of the American psyche, from its basic traits to its attitudes about sex, drugs, and gun control. Discussing the American character, for example, Faul states "Americans believe themselves to be the only nation that is truly capable of winning.... Having God on your side in a fight is good. Having the United States on your side is better. To an American, they're the same thing." On obsessions she writes: "There are a few, a very few things that Americans condemn as being beyond the pale. They include: Growing Old ... Being Fat ... Dying."
Perhaps Americans themselves are in the best position to appreciate Faul's barbed commentary, but foreign visitors will surely find plenty to inform as well as amuse in this slim volume. American readers, take heart: there are 18 other Xenophobe titles taking equally irreverent potshots at everyone else, from the Australians to the Icelanders. [via]
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Xenophobe's Guide to Frenchby Michel Syrett, Nick YappISBN 1853045586 (1-85304-558-6)
Softcover, Ravette Pub Ltd
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Xenophobe's Guide to the Russiansby Elizabeth RobertsISBN 1853047376 (1-85304-737-6)
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swissby Anne TauteISBN 1853045691 (1-85304-569-1)
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